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"Awesome video. That little instrument looks (to me) like a banjo uke... tho it does…" Nathan King replied Sep 15, 2011 to Black Betty... what is this guitar/Panjo?	3	Oct 4, 2011 Reply by Hip Bone Bellaire
"I believe there was a little documentary with him posted in the Share The Music grou…" Nathan King replied Sep 11, 2011 to Hugh Laurie on the Today Show	29	Sep 11, 2011 Reply by Nathan King
"Coolest case I've ever seen (and I am very biased, as my old man built it for me):…" Nathan King replied Jul 29, 2011 to carrying cases	21	Jul 31, 2011 Reply by Hellhound Custom Built Guitars
"I personally like using 12, 16, 20 and 30 guage strings for my 4 stringers. I tried…" Nathan King replied Jun 10, 2011 to building my 1st 4 string cbg	4	Jun 10, 2011 Reply by Keith Duncan
"Awesome! Big props to you, sir." Nathan King replied Jan 19, 2011 to A new FREE Book on Cigar Box Guitar making is available in the Free Plans section!!!	21	Mar 9, 2011 Reply by Bluesheart
"My first CBG was bought from a supposedly well-renowned maker, but the nut was givin…" Nathan King replied Dec 24, 2010 to Cut the nut too deep	15	Dec 29, 2010 Reply by Josh Gayou (SmokehouseGuitars)
"Cool find! (http://www.getpersonas.com/en-US/persona/267919 for fellow firefox user…" Nathan King replied Sep 9, 2010 to The coolest thing	5	Oct 14, 2010 Reply by Wes "I'm Baaaaack" Yates
"These are great! I'm going to share them with everyone I know. Very good pointers, t…" Nathan King replied Aug 19, 2010 to there is a lot of truth in this article... especially the part about shorts...	16	Aug 21, 2010 Reply by sad sack
"I think it's just the style of that box. I've got one too, an Indian Tabac Cigar box…" Nathan King replied Aug 15, 2010 to Latches	14	Aug 18, 2010 Reply by Brett Morgan
"YES! " Nathan King replied May 20, 2010 to playing in an open tuning: why does it always have to sound boring????	41	Jun 28, 2010 Reply by PAPA CHARLIE

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Nathan King's Discussions (141)

"Awesome video. That little instrument looks (to me) like a banjo uke... tho it does…"

"I believe there was a little documentary with him posted in the Share The Music grou…"

"Coolest case I've ever seen (and I am very biased, as my old man built it for me):…"

"I personally like using 12, 16, 20 and 30 guage strings for my 4 stringers. I tried…"

"Awesome! Big props to you, sir."

"My first CBG was bought from a supposedly well-renowned maker, but the nut was givin…"

"Cool find! (http://www.getpersonas.com/en-US/persona/267919 for fellow firefox user…"

"These are great! I'm going to share them with everyone I know. Very good pointers, t…"

"I think it's just the style of that box. I've got one too, an Indian Tabac Cigar box…"

"YES! "

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